Tax

• Tenacious Hotel Owner Achieves 70 Per Cent Cut in Rateable Value

  • Posted15 March 2023

  Business owners who feel that their non-domestic rates bills are unfairly high should seek professional advice without delay. The point was powerfully made by the case of a determined hotel...

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• Fish and Chip Shop Chain Triumphs in Cash Sales Suppression Tax Appeal

  • Posted17 February 2023

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are always on the alert to spot businesses that suppress their cash takings with a view to avoiding tax. However, as a tax tribunal ruling...

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• VAT on Hospital Car Parking and Distortion of Competition – Test Case Ruling

  • Posted26 January 2023

  Should NHS trusts be permitted to provide VAT-free parking to patients, staff and visitors, or would that amount to an impermissible distortion of competition? With around £70 million in tax...

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• Mega Marshmallows VAT Ruling Leaves HMRC with Bitter Taste

  • Posted15 December 2022

  Should jumbo, American-style marshmallows, usually used for roasting over an open fire, be classified as confectionary? By answering ‘no’ to that question, a tribunal left HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)...

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• Restaurant That Suppressed Cash Sales Hit With Tax and Penalty Demands

  • Posted22 November 2022

  Those involved in the hospitality or retail trade who suppress their cash takings with a view to avoiding tax must live in fear that the next person to walk through...

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• MTIC Fraud – Tax Tribunal Relieves Export Company of £10 Million VAT Bills

  • Posted27 October 2022

  International trading companies are expected to carry out careful due diligence on their clients and suppliers to ensure that they avoid unwitting involvement in tax fraud. However, in relieving a...

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